Regular meeting this Saturday from 10 to noon at our Queen's Park bee yard. We will be discussing when to super for the honey flow. Then we will be checking our colonies and rolling for varroa, which is a mandatory monthly task for every successful beekeeping operation. Also, we will have an additional session for […]
Regular meeting this Saturday with a 20 minute discussion on how to collect and store bee pollen and propolis. Check out Module 9 in the Education section of our website. We will also demonstrate both tasks on our live hives. We have several hives to check so bring a smoker, veil, and hive tool if […]
Regular meeting this week with no scheduled discussion. So bring questions and show-and-tell items. We will be working all colonies - checking the new queens we made three weeks ago, making a split for Erin 2, and much more. See you soon.
Regular meeting this Saturday. Bring show-and-tell stuff. We will be checking for queens in our five nucleus colonies and checking our two big colonies to ensure they have enough room to pack honey away. Our next module is the honey harvest sometime in mid to late June. See you soon.
Regular meeting this Saturday. We will be equalizing once again and checking for the honey flow. Blackberries will open soon and all colonies need to be ready to take advantage of the largest honey flow of the year. Also, we will be selecting a colony to deliver to Erin2. Also, if our new shed is […]